Day 15: (Black History Month Day 3): Mary Church Terrell “A white woman has only one handicap to overcome — that of sex. I have two — both sex and race. … Colored men have only one — that of race. Colored women are the only group in this country who have two heavy handicaps to overcome, that of race as well as that of sex.”

Required reading in links.

• BlackPast.org
• Speech: What it Means to be Colored in the Capitol of the United States
• Katherine Bankhole-Medina’s podcast discussing lynching featuring perspectives from Mary Church Terrell and Ida B. Wells
• Video by Timothy Conerson “Words of Wisdom from Mary Church Terrell”
• Her speech to the National American Woman Suffrage Association February 1898

For Black History Month I’m collaborating with the brilliant photographer William Patrick Butler, over at his blog. Check it out for his take on today’s post. Also, check out his photography.